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[jazmine sullivan:] people said i wouldn’t make it (make it) that i’d never get to the top there was nothing they could say that would make me stop so i had to keep pushing (pushing) through the pain and the tears all the things i’ve been through is why i’m standing here

that’s why they can’t tell me nothing (nothing) they can’t tell me nothing (nothing) they was wrong, this the song of a champion (champion) that’s why they can’t tell me nothing (oh nothing) they can’t tell me nothing (oh nothing) let me see your hands up if you a champion

[verse 1: ace hood] coming up i use to watch tv look up at the screen then look at my mama tell her ma that’s gon’ be me she said son you gon’ be great i knew it from the start your daddy was a poet that’s how he captured my heart it’s in my blood, you ask me why i keep it real like [? ] asking how a n*gg* feel imagine how it feels waking up to nothing is enough to give you chills waking up to nothing is enough to make you kill enough to bring your daughter on a heist, it’s unreal you said you gotta song living life unreal that’s why i put my life in every song i kill sing it girl

[chorus:] that’s why they can’t tell me nothing (oh nothing) they can’t tell me nothing (oh nothing) they was wrong, this the song of a champion (champion) that’s why they can’t tell me nothing (oh nothing) they can’t tell me nothing (oh nothing) let me see your hands up if you a champion

[verse 2: ace hood] i had a job too n*gg*s, so what? you haters make me laugh, how you hatin so much go head and do the math watch the numbers add up picture me and khaled rollin to the grammys smashed up keep running to the runners when it’s time to make a (beat) i’m gunning at you suckas who ain’t try’na feel this sh** my ambitons as a rider blastin’ out a n*gg*s whip throwing up a peace sign to all my hustlas on the strip top down in the chevy yea you know i keep it pimpin and my pistol heavy n*gg*s know that ain’t slippin know that i’m on the grind n*gg*s know that ain’t slippin’ my faith is on the line so you know i ain’t slippin’ you trippin’ and that’s why

[chorus:] that’s why they can’t tell me nothing (nothing) they can’t tell me nothing (nothing) they was wrong this the song of a champion (champion) that’s why they can’t tell me nothing (oh nothing) they can’t tell me nothing (oh nothing) let me see your hands up if you a champion

(let’s break it down for em…) ladies put your hands up high (came too far now to give up) we gotta keep reaching for the sky (it don’t even matter say what you want) fellas put your hands up in the sky (nothing you could say that’ll make me stop) we gotta keep reaching for the sky (i’m a keep going till i reach the top, and that’s why)

[rick ross:] definitely livin’ the life i gravitated to the light i sacrificed a decade now it’s times every night let them suckas’ spectate ’cause shorty i expect that we still touching big weight and surely i invest that break it down the best way ’cause i know how to stretch that haters talking sideways and i could never stress that ready for the war though i would never compromise mami call me gordo you shine like summer time

[chorus: x2] that’s why they can’t tell me nothing (nothing) they can’t tell me nothing (nothing) they was wrong this the song of a champion (i’m a champion and that’s why) that’s why they can’t tell me nothing (oh nothing) they can’t tell me nothing (oh nothing) let me see your hands up if you a champion

people said i wouldn’t make it (make it) that i’d never get to the top there was nothing they could say that would make me stop so i had to keep pushing (pushing) through the pain and the tears all the things i’ve been through is why i’m standing here